Strong's Concordance H1215

Original Word: בֶּצַע
Transliteration: betsaʻ
Phonetic Spelling: beh'-tsah
from H1214; plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust); covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 37:26 - And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit H1215 is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Exodus 18:21 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; H1215 and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Judges 5:19 - The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain H1215 of money.

1 Samuel 8:3 - And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, H1215 and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Job 22:3 - Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain H1215 to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Psalms 30:9 - What profit H1215 is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Psalms 119:36 - Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. H1215

Proverbs 1:19 - So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; H1215 which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 15:27 - He that is greedy of gain H1215 troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Proverbs 28:16 - The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness H1215 shall prolong his days.

Isaiah 33:15 - He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain H1215 of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

Isaiah 56:11 - Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, H1215 from his quarter.

Isaiah 57:17 - For the iniquity of his covetousness H1215 was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

Jeremiah 6:13 - For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; H1215 and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10 - Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, H1215 from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jeremiah 22:17 - But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, H1215 and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Jeremiah 51:13 - O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. H1215

Ezekiel 22:13 - Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain H1215 which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Ezekiel 22:27 - Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. H1215

Ezekiel 33:31 - And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. H1215

Micah 4:13 - Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain H1215 unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Habakkuk 2:9 - Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness H1215 to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Malachi 3:14 - Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit H1215 is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?